Window regulator



Sept. 2791927.

E. G. SIMPSON WINDOW REGULATOR Filed Maroh-29, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 alito: um?

Sept, 27, 1927.

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BY /ggm/ A TTORNE Y.

Patented sept.' 27, 1927. I

UNITED sT Aras PATENT OFFICE..-

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIGNon To FISHER BODY con- DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WINDOW nEGUDATOn.

Appliloationlaled Iarch 29, 1924. SerialNo. 702,753.

This invention relates to window regu-l lators and has for its object a windowregulator which is arranged ,5to llft a relat1vely wide windowby force applied at two widely o spaced points. It is the object of the 1n vention to lift a relatively wide heavy windowa 4relatively small distance.

The primary purpose of the window regulator is xto'raise and lower a windshield h panel. i' v In the' drawings: j jFig. 1 is la fra entary 1 ns1de elevatlon of al closed body a ove the windshield. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2'2 le ofF1g.1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of `the top ofthe windshield panel.` j Fig. 4 is `a section taken On the line d-4 of Fig. j

Fig;4 5 is an enlarged section on the line A 7` isa perspectlve of the window guide bracket.`

Fi 8 `is a detail of .the clip for anchorin t e cable tothe pulley wheel. f

Tigri) isa section onthe line 9-9 of Fig. s.

Fig 10 is-an 1a-10 orFig. 1. I Fig. .11v is a sectionon the Ime 1 1-11 of designates a windshield panel arran ed to'raise and'lower about four or more inc es into the header vb. `This 4headeris provided with an,-. outside fboard c and ajremovable i inside header board' d. The removable 1nside header board has a fixture e secured 40 thereto-by screws. A iece of plush 10 is securedto the outside. eader'board; a second piece of plush 7' is'y looped over the outside face of. the Jixture and vtacked to the wooden strip f. Thebracket and the plush serve' to revent the whipping of the wide windshieid panel, and hol 1t rml so 1t will` not rattle, for the windshiel anel has less thickness than 'the-width. o header ehambelf- -The top of the, windshield panel is provided 'with a channel 7c and riveted or welded to the top Of th1s channel are a pair of loop barsm 1n which the lifter pins n lare arranged to travel.

.The regulator itself is mounted on the removable header board d.

enlarged section on the line the- This header board has a channel strip o secured by screws to the top `of the header board. This forms a groove adapted to be fitted overthe tongue p which is part of v the top header board g.. lThe trimming 1' drapes down over kthe tongue; hence, by simply taking out the screws s which secure the removable header boardl d' to, brackets t, the header "board may be removed as a unit takmg withl it the vregulator 'which is the' subject matter of this invention. This particular header and", body construction, whichl enables 'the` regulator to be removed as a unit is not claimed in this application `but is made the subject of a separate application, ySerial No. 701,908l on bOdyI construction, forobviously, 'the regulator'that can be mounted onv` this unit header board may vary within wide limits. The re lator `comprises a1 pair of supporting p ates u and 1J-connected by a horizontal spacer bar .The `supporting plate u journals studs carrying thedriving pinion 'v and driven gear z.- The drivingv pinion is driven from the crank handlev 1 through case designated by this character. 4The clutch may vary within wide limits Sofit is not suitable clutch may be used; the one 'I pre-` fer to use is theone shown in the Schmidt, Karstens, Simpson 'Patent` No. 1,3t3,110.` In a clutch Of this kind, the turningeiort originating in the handle 'is freely @commuicatedto the driving pinion to rotate the same. However, effort Originating in` the window ,and communicated through thej drivengear to the driving 'pinion causes thev clutch parts to lockl and prevent either the;vv

panel raising Or lowering, 0n theback of.

the supporting plate is a ulley wheel 3 over which runs the wire cable 4. The cable is anchored tothe pulle wheel b the removable cli 11 whlch ts into,y e notch 12. The cab e crosses at -the center ofjtheregulator as vshown in Fig. land runsover and is in the same manner anchored to the pulley wheel 13, which is rotatably sup orted On the other su portingpIate/v. r:Eaoj of these pulley 'whee is in eiect a' crankarm -for each carries the liftingv pinne and thereby forms a liftin member. Byturning-the crank handle t e clutch parts are ,caused to engage with and turn thedriving'pinion "v. This in turn drives the gear z which is coupled up with the pulley The pulley through the crossed cable drives the other pulley wheel in a reverse direction precisely the same distance @cause the two pulleys and cable are anchored together. This is quite important as the side thrusts of each crank arm is thereb neutralized and the resultis that the win ow panel is lifted straight up the same way it would be witha thrust directly on the center, in fact, there is even less tendency for the window to cock in the window guides. y

With this arrangement the windowl regulator crank handle can be located at one side or the other of thecar. This makes it very convenient for the driver of the rcar as it can be almost directly above the steering post. It will also be noticed that the crossed cable passes through the center of the fixture c so that this" prevents the cable from lashing back and forth in the'header well.

What I claim yis: v

1. In a windshield regulator, the combination of a pair of plates and a spacer bar connecting the plates, lifting` members, one supported on each plate an each arranged for connection at the top and to one side ofcenter of the-shield, driving connections between the two lifting members, and means Yfor driving the same.

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2. ,In a wlndshield regulator, the combination of a regulator frame, a rotary lift-ing member journaled on each end and when in place beingin aplane parallel with the windshield but said members remotely spaced, said members having each connections adapted toconnect with the windshield to raise and lower the same from spaced points, operating connections between the said lifting members for driving the same in unison, and means lfor drivin the said parts.

3. In a windshield regulator, the combination of aframe arranged when installed to have its'length horizontally directed and to be in a plane substantially parallel with the windshield panel, a pair of lifting members mounted operatively upon said frame at opposite ends considerably spaced from each other and lyingl in planes substantially parallel with the frame, driving connections be tweenthe said lifting members to cause ther sameto o erate together, connections secured to the liiging members for connecting'A each liftin member withthe top of f the windshiel` panel at widely7 spaced points, and

means by which the lifting members vmay be caused-to o crate.

4. Ina widow regulator, the combination with 'av panel arranged to slide vertically and a relatively long and narrow regulator mechanism arranged' to be installed in a' header pocket and provided with operating connections with the panel which slidably` engage the top of the panel at spaced points and are arranged to -both forcibly llift the panel and forcethe same down.

' 5. In a window regulator, the combination of two widely horizontally spaced rotating f n members provided each with a crank pin for' raisin and lowering, a. window panel, a crosse cable connecting the rotatingmembers, and means for rotating one of the members.

6. In a window regulator, thecombination Aofa pair of widely spaced rotating mem.

' ber anchored to both rotating members and koperatingly connecting the` two rotating members andcausin them to rotate in opposite directions, an means by which one of the rotating members may be turned. v

8. In a Windshield regulator, the combina.- tion of a Hat frame arranged to be fitted into the header pocket between the wall of the header and the path of travel'of the shield panel, lifting means having its greater dimension substantially in the plane of the frame and being of comparatively little thickness to lie between said wall andthe path of travel of the panel, and means arranged to ass through the said header wall .for operating the lifting means. I

v 9. In a windshield regulator', the combinal multaneously operating said lifting members, the said frame and parts thereon arrangedfor location wholly within the pocket ofthe header of the windshield;-

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

EMoRY GLENN SIMPSON.

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CERTIFICATE 0E coIIREcTIoN,

mehr No. 1,643,320. I Grantedseptember 27, 1927, to

I EMoRY GLENN SIMPSON.

lI is hereby certified that the above numbered patent was erroneously issued to "Fisher Body Corporation,` of Detroit, Michigan, a corporation of New York" whereas said vpatent should have been issued to "General Motors Corporation, of Detroit, Michigan, a corporation of Delaware," said corporation being assignee by mesne assignments of the intire interest in said invention, as shown by the records of assignments in thi-s office; and that the said Letters Patent shouldbe read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of November, A. D. 1927.

, M. J. Moore, Sell. Acting Commissionerof Patents. 

